davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
DUCK HUNTING IN THE sAYous.

Disappearance Of MaIlards and Teal.
How Professionals Hunt.
The only explanation of the disappearance
of the ducks from their former haunts near
the city is the destruction of the feed-wild
celery, water cress, wild rice, etc During
the past month these plants have died in such
quantities that the ducks have fled to other
feeding places, and those that remain behind
are remarkably thin and have fishy flavor.
The unusually low water in the river and in
the swamps, in consequence of which most of
the lagOons are dry, may have something to
do with the disappearance of these swamp
plants and the flight Of the ducks.
The ducks have retired deeper into the
swamps, and Lake Leray and Bayou des
Allemands have become the hunting grounds
for mallards and teal The latter is one of
the Oldest hunting grounds in the Union, and
the supply of game is apparently as ine1-
haustible to-day as it was a century and q
half ago, when the Dutch hunters from whom
the bayou is named supplied the town of New
Orleans with ducks. There are over 400 pro-
fessional hunters on Bayou des Allemands
alone, and from the single station Of Bayou
des Allemands, on the Southern Pacific roads,
no less than 1,0OO, 600 ducks were shipped to
New Orleans last year, and as many as Il, 900
in a single day. The average number killed
each year by a good professional hunter Is
1900
The professionals hunt in parties Of from
ten to thirty, and have regularly organized
camps in the center of the swamp They
have their rude huts built in the higher
patches Of ground, and running from their
houses for miles back in the prairie are
bitches that they have cut, and which they
keep always open 1t is through these
miniature canals that they push their pi-
rogues when searching for ducks Both sides
of the bayou are complete networks Of these
bitches, running in all directions The most
rigid observance is maintained Of the rights
of ownership Of these canals 1t is this that
prevents amateur hunters from accomplish
ing much in the way of shooting ducks, as
they have no use of these canals and are un-
able to force their pirogues, or dug outs,
through the thick matted grass everywhere
covering the swamp. Even the professionals
find this grass very troublesome, and more
than half the ducks killed are lost in it.
Nearly all the best hunting grounds in the
bayou have thus been taken up, and the ANA
teurs are left only the outlying districts
rrhera dncks are few and the hunting bad
Just west Of the duck fields are the snipe
and woodcock grounds, in st. Mary parish,
where good hunter will pick off $50 snipe
and $50 woodcock day. Both snips and
woOdcock are abundant just now, and thsre
are some prairie chickens to be found also.
The supply Of these, OF wild turkeys, deer.
rabbits, and other game, is making good
some of the deficiency due to the lack Of
ducks.-New Orleans Cor. New York Sun.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
Church DIRECTORY.

DRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. R.
4 Alexander, pastor. Public worship every
Sabbath morning and evening; Sabbath school
at $50 g. m; young peoples of Christian
endeavor, Monday evenings; general prayer
meeting, Wednesday evening. Strangers
welcome TO all services
M ETBODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
N1Rev. W. II. Haskell, pastor Sabbath
preaching: II am; 7p.m. Sabbath School:
2:3O pm. Young mems meeting: Friday 2
?. M; general prayer meeting: Thursday p I'M.
Strangers are cordially invited to all our
services.
LIMITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
~ Rev. Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath
School. 10 am. Public worship: II s.m.
Weekly prayer meeting: Friday pm.
Monthly prayer meeting: Last Saturday Of
each month, 2 pm Woman's Missionary
Society: Last Saturday each month, pm.
District prayer meetings: First Tuesdays,
Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays each
month, 2 pm. Young women's prayer meet
ing: second Saturday each month at the
Parsonage, / pm
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

THE newspapers of the country have
been pitching into the New York Prohi-
bitionists for opposing high license leg.
islation at Albany. When we find, how
ever, that the alleged administration
organ of New York referring to the sup
perters of that measure. as "these sniv-
cling, canting, Psslm-singing high IL
cense people" 1t is calculated to create
the question whether all classes are not
hypocrites, except the politicians who
swear by free rum.-Pitts. Dispatch.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

ANOTHER subject for dispute between
the United States and Canada has aris
en-; or rather an unsettled question is
likely to become very prominent through
the discovery of valuable gold deposits
in the northern part of British Columbia.
The boundary line between the Alaskan
possessions of Uucle Sam and the north
westerly portions of Queen Victoria's
dominians has never been definitely
fixed, the country being too wild and
Inaccessible at the time the old treaty
between Russia and Great Britain was
made, to admit of an exact delimitation.
The gold miners would like to know
whether the deposits are in the United
States or Canada, and it will probably
take long time to ascertain which.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

CHICAGO is entitled to sympathy. Car
ter Harrison has accepted the Democrat
ic nomination for Mayor, after declrlng
that he would no more be a candidate.
Is it not creditable to the Democratic
party in Chicago that it persists in put
ting forward for the highest city Office
such man as Harrison, whose hold on
power has always been derived from
the worst elements in the community,
and who in his administration of the
city's affairs has always consulted the
interests of the lower strata of society.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

THE Columbus Dispatch says that on
the 9,091 miles of railroad in Ohio there
are s22 wooden bridges, $40 iron bridges.
l24 bridges constructed of both wood
and iron, 271 stone arch bridges, 81
draw bridges, $3.50 trestles, and 81 tuD-
nels, making grand total of SOLO
bridges. trestles and tunnels, with an
aggregate length of 563,301 feet, or
about 107 miles. The law requires the
Railroad Commissioner to see that all
these bridges as well as the whole lines
of railroads in the State shall be careful
ly and frequently inspected in order
that the travelling public may not suffer
through any negligence on the part of
the railroad companies or their employees.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

The Republicans of Cincinnati held
their convention on March %. Major
Ben Butterworth presided. Resolutions
we're adopted indorsing the administra'
ton of Mayor Amor Smith, jr., that OF
Governor Foraker, commanding the
Presidents vetoes Of pension bills and
the discharge of Union soldiers from
offices now controlled by Democrats
Amor Smith. jr, was unanimously r..
nominated for mayor. Bred W Moore
nominated for judge of the superior
court; Al Bohrer for city treasurer
Emil Rehse for police court clerk, John
9 Schwartz for city prosecutor; Theo
dore HDrstmann for city solicitor and
John A Cald well for police judge.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

A RUSSIAN journal points out the
fact, that in case of war France, Ger
many and Austria will need over a mil
lion horses, and, the Russian supply
being shut off, the question, where can
be purchased. Right here is where the
United States takes hand 10 the dis
pute by interposing the remark that
over ten million horses are owned in
this country, and million or two can
be had at full market rates.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

ADVERSELY has its uses, which are
said to be sweet; but. though few of US
are philosophical enough to fell this
while the wound still aches and the
smart is still sore, on looking back we
can see where the blessing was hidden
behind the curse, and how good came
out of evil; how the harrow of af1iction
broke up the hard clOd, and let the
fruitful seed germinste and grow.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
THE BODY AFTER DEATH.

Four Methods Which May be Used in
Lieu of Inhumatton-The Latest.
Modern science has determined positively
against the common practice Of inbumation
on sanitary grounds. Wherever the popula-
lion Is dense, as it is in all great cities, it Is
seen at once that the custom of burying the
bodies of deceased persons Is certain and
fruitful source of disease. Water and air are
alike polluted and rendered dangerous to life
by the placing in the earth the l1eless humps
Of clay which viii in time be resolved into
their native element, but which, in the mean
time, give forth noxious exhalations. For
this reason the practice of intra-mural burial
has been done away with, and modern cems-
teries are placed as far as possible from
municipal centers.
In lieu of inhumation, the scientists Of the
present day have devised four methods,
namely, cremation, concentration, coking and
electro-plating. Cremation is only the classic
funeral pyre, but without any Of its unplsas-
ant and revolving attendants. The body is
reduced to a handful Of ashes by intense heat
IN q furnace so arranged that nothing dis
agreeable transpires during the process
The process Of ooking is similar, but in
stead of being burned the body is exposed to
fameless heat and reduced to hard, brittle
substance instead Of to ashes.
Concentration does not deal directly with the
body but with its environments It consists
IN hermeticany sealing the coffin by coat OF
the finest cement all round it. The advs1-
tages Of a sarcophagrs are secured IN this
way without its expense.
But the latest method and one which is
growing into popular favor is electro plating
It IS the application of . perfectly even
metallic coating to the surface Of the BODY
itself by the same process which produces an
slectrotype plate. The method is briefly this:
The body is washed with alcohol and
sprinkled over with fine graphite powder, 10
insure the perfect corducti0n of electrtdGy.
Il is then placed in a bath Of metallic solution
containing piece of the metal 10 be used.
To this is attached the positive pole Of
strong battery, the negative pole is applied to
the body and a fine film of themetaf at otics
begins TO cover the body perfectly and
evenly. This may be kept up until the coat
ing attains any desired thickness.
To this process there would seem to be no
valid objection. In effect it transforms the
corpse in a beautiful statue, form, features
and even expression being perfectly pre-
served. No change is brought about in aP-
pearance, except that face and figure are
covered with shining veil, through which
the familiar linesments appear with all their
wellremembered characteristics and ex-
preSsion.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
Good Results i'm Every Case

d. Bradford, wholesale paper dealer OF
chattanooga, Tenn, writes, that he was seri-
ously afflicted with severe cold that settled
on his lungs; had tried many remedies with
out benefit; being induced to try DR. Kings
New Discovery for consumption, did so, and
was entirely cured by use of few bottles;
since which time he has used it in his family
for all coughs and colds with best results;
this is the experience of thousands whose
lives have been saved by this wonderful dis
covery; trial bottles free at Pattersons'.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

The horrible murder of the Sells fam
lily, at Erie, Kan. which occurred about
year ago. has been made clear. Willie
Sells, sixteen years old. who is about to
be hung, has confessed. He says his
brother Watty struck his father with q
hatchet; that that made Willie u,ad, and
he struck Watty down, then killed his
mother and his sister. He doesn't know
why he killed the latter two. He then
cut their throats for fesI they might
come to life and tell on him.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
EmbaImIng 1. Ancient Egypt.

The surviving fragments Of the early litera-
ture Of Egypt are mainly Of q religious char
actor; their doctrine of the future state leav-
sned their national life in almost every par
ticular. To them the body was an integral
part ot the immortal humanity; therefore IL
had 10 be preserved from corruption that it
might be ft receptacle for the soul to dwell
in through eternity. Although it was sacred,
under the special protection of the god Thoth,
though each part was under the guardianship
Of special diviRaty, yet this sacredness did
notspreciuds careful inspection and the pro-
cssses necessary for preservation, for all
parts had to be perpetuated The organs re-
moved from the bodies of persons Of the bet
ter classes were not returned into the body.
but were preserved in vases Of AlabaStsr or
stone.-A MacaliSter.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

THE Manitoba Railroad proposes to
build $40 miles of road before Novem-
ber next. The work will be pushed day
and night. employing three seperate
crews of men, each working eight hours
out Of every twenty-four. A novel feat
ure in the construction will be that the
night workmen will be Furnished light
from electricity. Natures darkness is
becoming rapidly broken up.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

PERHAPS no local disease has puzzled and
haffied the medical profession more than nass
catarrh; While not Immediately fatal it is
among the most distressing, nauseous and
disgusting ills the flesh is heir to and the rec
orda show very few or no cases of radical cure
Of chronic catarrh by any of the multitude OF
Ely's Cream Balm few years ago; the sue
cess of this preparation has been most grati-
flying and surprising. 324-2t
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
BuckIen's Aynlca SaIve.

The best Salve in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter,
chapped hands, chilblains, corns and all skin
eruptions, and positively cures piles OF no pay
required; II Is guaranteed to give perfect sat
isfactiOn or money refunded; price 25c. Der
box. For sale by PATTERSON & Sons, st.
Clairsville, Ohio. 2 1871.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
Belmont County onIoiai Director,

Common Pleas Judge-Johu B briggs.
Probate Judge-Isaac q. Castor.
Clerk of Courts-Wm. B. Cash.
Sherif-Oliver E. Feulke.
Auditor-D. 81. Darrah
TTeasurer-George Robinson.
Prosecuting Attorney-N. Z. Kennon.
Recorcer-John NJ. Beckett.
CommissIouers-Morris Cope, VIM Berry,
John G. Israel.
Surveyor-Chalkley Dawson.
Coroner-Samuel Martin.
lnfrnary Directors-Burget cConnaughy,
president; VIM. Lodge, clerk; John A. Clark,
ardit,lr
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

Do YOUR best. and await calmly the
result. 1t is anxiety, not work, which
kills; it is work. not anxiety. which
commands success. There is Hindoo
saying that the fortune of man who
sits sits also; it sleeps when be sleeps,
moves when he moves, and rises when
be rises.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

ANOTHER awful sacrifice of life by
fire has occurred, this time in a miners
boarding house in the Michigan iron
district Twelve men were burned to
death in in il, and large number of
others were badly senrched.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

A LIGHT rain, which had fallen during
tie night. had frozen on the trees, and
they CLEANED and glittered in the morn
ing sun. Molly. who bad crawled out of
her crib to look out Of the window came
running back to her mother, calling ex-
citedly: 20, mammal mammal dress me
quick. The leaves have all turned to
candy"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

EVERY man takes care that bis neigh
Dor shall not cheat him. But a day
cnmes when he begins to care that he
do not cheat bis neiQhbor. Then all
goes we'll. He has changed bis market
cart into a chariot of the sun.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

MAKE your home sunshiny and happy
if you want to make it attractive. The
young heort is boiling over with glee
and frolic. God made it so, and it is
your duty to accept it and to provide
means for innocent recreation.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

If you want to be suited In irst-class
Beef, Veal, Pork. Sausage, Bologna, Ham,
Bacon, Pudding. or Head cheese, give me
a call. My own make of Lard always on
sale-Corner Main and Marietta streets
1914 6n. CHAs. SCHUMACHER.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

Senator Sherman changed his quar-
ters from the Florence Hotel, BirmiDg'
nam, Ala, to the Metropolitan. because
the proprietor of the former, Tom Cow
in. refused to allow a delegation of the
most reputable colored men of the place
10 call Oh him at his rooms.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
PARALLELS.
Earth sings her parallels of loss and gain

Earth sings her parallels OF loss and gain
In boldest speech
Yet heights sublime which spirits shall attain
She cannot reach
Aerial whispers float DER land and sea-
ut doth not yet appear what we shall be'
Her royal purples and her crowns Of gold,
Her white attire.
The sceptred lilies which her summers hold,
With flames afre,-
All fail TO show the glory we shall see
1T doth not yet appear what we shall be-
Who from unsightly bulb or slender root
Could guess Alright.
The glory of the flower, the fern, the fruit,
In summers height?
Through tremulous shadows voices call 70 me.
1T doth not yet appear what we shall be-
Triumphant guesses from the seer and sage
Through shadows dart, s
And tender meanings on the poets page
Console the heart
o songs prophetic. though so sweet are ye,
1T doth not vet appear what We shall be-"
Clara Thwaftes-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
Masonic Directory.

belmont LODGE, No. 1e, F. & A. N.
ID Meets every Wednesday night, on or be-
fore full moon.
W. D. BUMGARNER, W. M.
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'Y.
CT. OLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. II,
- Royal Arch Masons. Stated convoca-
tions, first Friday of each month.
F. D. BAILEY, q. P.
]. B. MEYER, Rec.
belmont COUNCIL, No. "a, R. & 8. NJ.
ID Meets second Tuesday of each month.
G. w. CARROLL, T. L N.
]. B. MEYER, Sec'y.
HOPE OOMMANDERY, No. %, K. T.
IL Stated conclaves, first Tuesday Of each
month. j. B. RYAN, E. G.
j. B. MRYER, Rec.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

$50 Miss Blank Is marriedr he inquired.
@Yes" Il heard that her father gave her .
check for $1,000" ~Yes, he did, @Was it
good for anythingr ~Well, that's the point
that puzzles everybody who was thsrs. They
were all crowding around to see Il 10 was GER
titled, when she held it aloft and exclaimed:
Dear father, but these diamonds are snOushF
She touched it to the gas and away II wsak
think it's q new kink, and one intsnded 70
save the old man. Detroit Frss rrF& -.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

~ nT n fields are scsrcs but those WIN writa b
Hill Siinson Co.. Portland, Maine win receive
I-HEI l free full information about work which
EHIIII they do, and live at home, that will pay
" " LII than from IS 10 SIS per day. Some have
earned over $50 day. Either young old Capital
moi rooured You are started free Those once
are sbsou'-ly sure Of suar Ntle fortunes. AL
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS
ISS6-7-BeImOnt County, Ohio.


I'd Saturday of Oct at st ClairsviIle
I'd Saturday OF Nov at Belmont.
I'd Saturday OF Dec at st Olsirsville.
2d Saturday of Jan at Bridgeport.
I'd Saturday Of Feb at st Claifsville.
I'd Saturday Of Mar at Ba-nesvtlle
ID Saturday OF April at : Olairsville.
ID Saturday of May ct Bellsire.
I'd Saturday OF June at Morristown.
At Flushing at close OF Institute in Aug.
RULES.
Examinations begin at O'Clock a. m.
Testimonials Of character are required II
applicant is not known to the Board
:. Certificates will not be antedsted nor ex>
tended.
Tests In the higher branches will be given
st close Of Institute ONLY.
Certificates Will be dated and issued by the
Board in adjourned session on Saturday fols
owing each examination.
Envelopes furnished by the Board. Appli.
cants pay return postage.
SCALE OF GRADES FOR CERTIFICATES.
A frst-class Is years. certificate is granted
upon aD average of9O per cent, including three
grade below 75, provided applicant has bad 30
months experience teaching.
A second>clsss "a years) certificate is grant
two higher branches and the school law, with
no grade below 70. provided applicant has had
4 months experience in teaching.
upon an average Of IS per oent. Including
one higher branches and the school law. with
no grade below IS. provided applicant has had
Is months experience in teaching.
A fourth-clsss q years. certificate is granted
upon an average of 20 per cent, including the
school law, with no grade below 80, provided
applicant has had II months experience In
fft6-class Il year, certificate Is granted
upon an average of IS per cent, with n grade
3. ALExANDER. Pres.)
q. L. PECK, Board of Ex
s~21y L II WATERS. Clerk
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
Miscellaneous Business Cards.
Dr.Fenner'S 'SKidnev
@BaCk-aChe Cure.

Rev. A. j. MERCHANT, Presiding Elder NJ.
E. Church, Meadville. Pa, writes:
april l6, 1880 DIR FENNER's Kidney and
Beckache Cure gave me almost instant relief;
II effects a cure SO completely 1 have needed
nothing since took 1t, four years ago.
Frank F PercivaI, Rochester, writes
(April s, 1889 One bottle OF DR. FENNKR's
Kidney and BacKache Cure helped me more
than all the Kidney remedies taken in the
past two years; six bottles entirely cured me.
Mrs James Fuller. Fredonia. N Y writes
March 8, 1888 DIR FENNER's Kidney and
BackRche Cure has relieved me OF Kidney dis
ease Dropsy, Feart disease and Female Wesk-
ness; / never had medicine help SO quickly ,
Harry Waters, Hamlet, N Y writes
July 8, 1888 One bottle OF DR. FENNER's Kid
ney and BeckRche Cure has cured me OF Kids
ney complaint and Rheumatism after other
celebrated Kidney remedies and doctors had
tailed
Cures all diseases of the Kidney, Bladder,
Urinary Passages. Bsckache, Dropsy, Female
Weakness, Nervous Debility, Heart Disease,
Rheumatism; etc.
The most successful remedy that has ever
been administered in the diseases named
Superior to all. For sale by j. B. HoeE. st.
Clairsville, o. 729-1y
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

The high license liquor bill has passed
the New Yorx House.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
LAKE a.A.orAc. N. Y.

LAKE k.@. .CpAC, NJ. Y.
MY DAUGHTER WAS VERY
BAD OFF ON OuNT
OF A COLD AND PAIN
ON HER UNGS. DR..
OMAS' TRIO
OIL CURED HER IN ~
URS. ONE OF THE
BOYS WAS CURED OF A
SORE THROAT. THE MED
IcINE HAS WORKED WON
DERS IN OUR FAMILY. i
ALVAH PINCKNEY.
ats SPECIAL TIES"
DR.. THOMAS S'ECLE &C.
TRIO OIL FOR COUGHS,
COLDS, ROUP, DIPH-
THERIA, SORE THR DAT,
CATARRH, AND BRONCH-
IAL TROUBLES GIVES I'M
MEDIATE RELIEF.
THE MOST VIOLENT At
JACK OE NEURALGIA
Will RECEIVE !MMEDI-
ATE AND PERMANENT Re-
LIEF i IN FACT, AS. A
CURE FOR NEURALo oIA
1T HAS NEVER FAILED.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31

Lack Of desire lie the greatest riche&-
Seneca
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-03-31
BelmOntChTOnlCIe
w. A. HUNT,
Editor and Proprietor
published Every Thursday
Terms OF Subscription:
fve Dollars Per Tear Il Advance.

II not psid within .he year 25 per cent will
be added for each year it remains unpaid.
ORPToE South side Main street, nearly op-
pOeite Public School building.